New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-08
a CITY HOME.
THE EXPERIENCES OF A HoUsE-HuNrra

| We had got a nat and the lease was signed IN. -.
at least was secure but the next step was solemn an.
moving In Our household goods, which had come dov.
the Hudson River Railroad three days befora -.
awaiting pleasure In freight car on side trad =
st. Johns Park 90 learned from the raIro.s
authorities policeman told howlto get to the Pa.
and wounded my way thither.
st Johns Park" has pleasapr sound. It surrs.,
velvety lawns, grand old trees dappled deer sunsh,
shmmering down through nterlaced leaves Perh,..
Mrs. Lambs History Of NewYork shows that st. Jobn,.
Park was Of this sort once On time But on m.
February morning Of 1882 when entered II in search -
our Lares, Penates and Things, 1t certainly possass
none OF these fair features About all that It posse
far as could Observe Freight and Freight, car,
and Freight engines and Freight sheds and Freiebs
clerks and men handling Freight What's in name, !,
Juliet well queried. There once met my eye upon 4,
inland stream big, fatbottomed boat square at both
ends cross between mudscow and overgrown tuh
worked by pair Of oars unwieldy as a coupls a.
telegraph poles And yet displayed the stern OF b
outrageous craft which little given to agility A
district messenger boy, was the legend The starleS
Fawn."
But dgress when ought TO be getting our effects an.
OF St. Johns Park into our comfortable little fat
Benjamin Franklin has expressed the conviction tina,
three bad a fire." suspect that IN.
average man who moves by no means agrees with
Franklin. Sitting In Of his apartments amid h,
scratched, bruised, manned and generally demoralIzad
possessions after the last of the vans has delivered tn
load and detected recalls Frankn
observation only to berate II. As he surveys hs
belongings with brow corrugated that Caiu
Marius while he surveying the ruins of Carthage
does not to him that three al
fret but he pensvey wonders IL three fires unless Ia
entirely uninsured, are bad O remove. Were thu
useful and ornamental articles that enteredour cosey fat
from St. Johns Park in condition to prompt Prudence
and me thus to amend Poor Richard am happy to DO
abba hat in places r
have complaint TO le Daniel Webster exclaimed On
notable occasion, II shall enter encomiums upon
Massachusetts" Following illustrious example,
shall enter oburgations upon the truckman that
moved The heart Of every person that has moved
knoweth Its own bitterness but keeps 1t to itself
Besides the truckman was clearly not answerable for the
which, falling fast and furious while he loading
and unloading, did soak into OF things that
would not bear being soaked into. We could indeed
have wished that he had not kept plano waiting 90
long the sidewalk good deal exposed to the storm
before elevating 1t to the shelter Of fat For all
musicians however sharply they may disagree TO the
merits of the various makes of pianos agree that wet
snow insinuatng itself into Its bowels does not improve
the tone of instrument; just as 1t is generally
admitted In tho best varnsh circles that the liquid
sadly initiates against the high polish OF pianos
rosewood case Nevertheless this Circumstance did not
serve to cast down. confronted It with cheerful
courage As for the furrow that poughed the
or the slQeO0aru, perhaps W tuo
door Of the man up country that onaly packed 1t for
shipment OF his Heutenants At all events the
St Johns truckman was to be held blameless For
when we somewhat SYSTEMATICALLY pointed out tho
furrow TO him after the sdeboart had reached It's
appointed place In the dining he distinctly remem-
bered that had handled that particular piece Of
furniture carefully to his own emphatic words,
II 1t had been my own mother That relieved him
nobody ever heard Of o trucknan moving his own
IN a piece OF her
person It would be folly to pretend that we lid not
md the dreadful nick from which Of our Japanese
vases proved to be suffering when we came to unpacx II
But then we reflected turned the nicked side to
the wall our friends at least would not be aware thas
the noble vase had met with such humiliation And
more to purpose reminded each other that the
vase might have dashed TO pieces like potters
lust as John Newton OF santed memory when he
fell and broke his leg promptly thanked God that he bad
not broken his Did moving leave US any more Oh
such rosemary for mprecatory remembrance Were one
or two OF pet yauabes smashed beyond repalSf
Were two other things permanently msaid not TO
say lostt What became Of volume third OF Emer
sons Complete Works y Did the colors shaneuly
I'm some of the fabrics that had got welt Owing to the
pressure on this column there really Is not room 10
| answer these questions
Twenty-four hours after the truckman finally drove
away the fat our fat-id mention that 1t boosted OK
a cabinet fnishl-was In apple pie order-a superior
/ apple pie WIN tne ullucr cEhSs "OaA e"HS' 1870 -
children were recalled from their aunts where they had
haen mot too patiently awaiting this elimination and
the family life began again.
Began again with servant With all our rooms on
tho same floor and both children old enough to look
after themselves, got along easily without more Eep
than that. Our only servant was stout inteihgene
New England girl who responded TO our advertisement
for person to cook and do general housework In
medium sized Iat for q family OF four" She did not
complain OF the work. and when proposed that II she
would wait the table we would put out part Oh lne
washing she readily assented mention this because
shows one the substantial advantages wnicn nat mas
over yelling house. Ii Is safe to assert that nat can
be run with half the number OF servants required III
house afordng equal accommodations. Each story III
houss means so many stairs climb and therefore so
much wear and tear OF the system OF the climber Ihere
are no stairs to climb In the ordinary nat ho8So
calls for some TO look after the furnace ana Keep
the street tidy The tenants OF nat nave nei'hor
furnace nor STRENGTHENING TO attend to; the aor VI
the building sees to these matters Ana hence " - 'S
ono servant who Is strong faithful and efficient without
everlasting herself can discharge the duties WHICH "
houss ara portloued out to two, the two In many
Instances being supplemented by man or apoy VIM
cares for the furnace and the street oene'e '"'' %
one servant thought that she had gooo anu ho' Wv ~
a place and know We thought she haa nAs"' noo
think may venture TO tell an anecdote aoou' "ei, w "
Illustrates In an odd and winning way her sociapIe ''-
oon hsr healthy interest in the life OF her fellow
nroatures Ono rainy evening she came to Prudence
asking Il she might have book to read why, OF
course" answered Prudence; suppose you go 70 inc
roorae and pick out something that you think you'd
like girl went to the 9 boo Rcben an hour later
ana recre scoverei her helper sitting with puzzled
expression upon her countenance rea'uNs '' '' ~
sue Iar did You get book that suited your inquired
tne uiis no ma'am thought from the name that ia
,, ,hs one but don't TN fond OF society ana IKE 70
Rad about &C. and that's the reason picAeo out luis
hnot htt / can't get Interested in it, " , -,
goS Then 90 and get another what's the name OF
its called society and Solitude and it's by W.
80, 4. o,' RICHARD ScUDDER.
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